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Racing at Catterick
Catterick RacesCatterick Races in North Yorkshire has an afternoon of National Hunt racing this Wednesday (January 22).
Seven races are planned with the first at 1.08pm and the last race at 4.08pm.
Full details at the 
Catterick Races website.
Find 
Catterick Races on map.
Catterick Yorkshire.guide/Catterick
Opening show for City of Culture
Lasers light the sky above the Rise event to launch the City of Culture year in front of Bradford City HallBradford, West Yorkshire's second-largest city, has begun its year at UK City of Culture 2025.
2025 sees the city and surrounding metropolitan district present hundreds of arts performances and events during the year.
The opening event on Friday January 10 in City Park in the heart of Bradford was "Rise", created by Kirsty Housley with Bradford-born magician Steven Frayne (formerly known as Dynamo). It was also repeated on Saturday.
BradfordBradford is the UK 2025 City of CultureMagician Stephen Frayne at the Rise eventThe National Science and Media MuseumMagic was part of the opening nightLights brighten a street for the cultural year"A Grand Day Out" on January 11 celebrated the reopening of the National Science and Media Museum after the partial renovation of its gallery spaces. The museum partnered with animation studio Aardman for a one-day event offering model-making workshops and screenings of Wallace and Gromit films, but the museum’s previous animation gallery is among parts of the museum that have been permanently closed.
Wednesday January 15 saw the launch of a temporary exhibition “David Hockney: Pieced Together” at the museum, featuring work of the Bradford-born photographer and artist. It runs until May 18. David Hockney is also supporting DRAW! a nationwide drawing project for Bradford 2025.
A special livery bus helps mark Bradford's culture
Bradford Yorkshire.guide/Bradford
Time to think about summer at the seaside
South Bay, ScarboroughWithernseaCold January days are a great time to start thinking about the summer and where better to spend some family time this year than at the Yorkshire seaside.
Three of the resorts on Yorkshire's coast were international Blue Flag beaches in 2024, there are a dozen beaches with Keep Britain Tidy Seaside Awards and a village which was judged to have Britain's Best Beach in 2020.
FileyStaithesAnd with some vast stretches of beaches, seaside villages and coastal paths there is plenty of space to be enjoyed away from the main town centres.
Find out more on our Seaside page.
Seaside Yorkshire.guide/seaside
Yorkshire mixture
Here are links to a few favourite pages at Yorkshire.guide:
Cities Largest towns and cities Population Gazetteer Abbeys Castles Film locations Heritage Coast Heritage railways Highest mountains Historic Houses North Pennines North York Moors Museums Peak District Racecourses Seaside York Yorkshire Dales Yorkshire football Railway stations
On Ilkla Moor Baht ’at
If you’re from Yorkshire you will probably recognise our background picture as the Cow and Calf Rocks on Ilkley Moor, famous as the location of the Yorkshire dialect anthem "On Ilkla Moor Baht ’at". More on Ilkley.
Yorkshire news topics
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Tour of Britain 2024: Cycle ride lingers in scenic Yorkshire
Halifax bus station opened: Completion of new facility for West Yorkshire town
Mass transit consultation: Chance to have a say on routes in West Yorkshire
General Election 2024: Results across 60 Yorkshire constituencies
Local elections 2024: Yorkshire-wide results from mayoral, council and Police and Crime Commissioner elections
Bus franchise plan: Major changes in West Yorkshire from 2027
RNLI 200: Anniversary celebration for coastal lifesavers.
News archive 2023: News from 2023.
News archive 2022: News from 2022.
News archive 2021: News from 2021.
News archive 2020: News from 2020.
News archive 2019: News from 2019.
News archive 2018: News from 2018.
News archive 2017: News from 2017.
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